Dissipative many-body quantum optics in Rydberg media.
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چکیده
We develop a theoretical framework for the dissipative propagation of quantized light under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic media involving strongly interacting Rydberg states. The theory allows us to determine the peculiar spatiotemporal structure of the output of the recently demonstrated single-photon filter and the recently proposed single-photon subtractor, which, respectively, let through and absorb a single photon. In addition to being crucial for applications of these and other optical quantum devices, the theory opens the door to the study of exotic dissipative many-body dynamics of strongly interacting photons in nonlinear nonlocal media.
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Supplementary online material to the manuscript : “ Dissipative Many - Body Quantum Optics in Rydberg Media ”
Alexey V. Gorshkov, 2 Rejish Nath, and Thomas Pohl Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Inns...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 110 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013